Former Nexus member Skip Sheffield, under the name of Ryback, returned at tonight’s WWE SmackDown tapings at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, defeating a local talent under the name of Barry Stevens.

Sheffield had been out of action since August 18th, 2010 when he broke his ankle in a tag team match, where he teamed with fellow Nexus member at the time in David Otunga to take on The Hart Dynasty (DH Smith and Tyson Kidd) in Honolulu, Hawaii.